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Posted on 28 April 2017
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3272-1
April 28, 2017
ghostscript vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.04
- Ubuntu 16.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in Ghostscript.
Software Description:
- ghostscript: PostScript and PDF interpreter
Details:
It was discovered that Ghostscript improperly handled parameters to
the rsdparams and eqproc commands. An attacker could use these to
craft a malicious document that could disable -dSAFER protections,
thereby allowing the execution of arbitrary code, or cause a denial
of service (application crash). (CVE-2017-8291)
Kamil Frankowicz discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the
color management module of Ghostscript. An attacker could use this
to cause a denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2016-10217)
Kamil Frankowicz discovered a divide-by-zero error in the scan
conversion code in Ghostscript. An attacker could use this to cause
a denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2016-10219)
Kamil Frankowicz discovered multiple NULL pointer dereference errors in
Ghostscript. An attacker could use these to cause a denial of service
(application crash). (CVE-2016-10220, CVE-2017-5951, CVE-2017-7207)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 17.04:
ghostscript 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu7.2
ghostscript-x 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu7.2
libgs9 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu7.2
libgs9-common 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu7.2
Ubuntu 16.10:
ghostscript 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.4
ghostscript-x 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.4
libgs9 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.4
libgs9-common 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.4
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
ghostscript 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4
ghostscript-x 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4
libgs9 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4
libgs9-common 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
ghostscript 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7
ghostscript-x 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7
libgs9 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7
libgs9-common 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
ghostscript 9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.5
ghostscript-x 9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.5
libgs9 9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.5
libgs9-common 9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.5
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3272-1
CVE-2016-10217, CVE-2016-10219, CVE-2016-10220, CVE-2017-5951,
CVE-2017-7207, CVE-2017-8291
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu7.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.5
